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What happened to the Apollo 13 engine?
The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion ruptured a line or damaged a valve in the no. 1 oxygen tank, causing it to lose oxygen rapidly.
Did Apollo 13 lose an engine?
While oxygen tank number two on the Apollo 13 spacecraft was an accident waiting to happen, another problem on the Saturn V rocket could have destroyed Apollo 13 before it reached Earth orbit. During the second-stage boost, the center – or inboard — engine shut down two minutes early.
What was the glitch that happened during the launch of Apollo 13?
When the astronauts were about 200,000 miles from Earth, Mission Control asked Swigert to “stir” the cryogenic tanks—a routine task that generated a totally unexpected event: An exposed wire in the second oxygen tank ignited a fire that led to the blast that would rewrite Apollo 13’s mission.
What happened to the Apollo 13 LEM after jettison?
The damaged service module drifting away from Apollo 13 after being jettisoned prior to reentry of the command module, April 17, 1970. The astronauts then moved out of the lunar module and back into Odyssey, powering up the life-support systems that had been shut down in order to conserve them for reentry.
Is Aquarius still in orbit?
Apollo 13 used its lunar module Aquarius as a lifeboat on the trip back to Earth leaving it to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry. They are, of course, still up there along with the remains of the smashed S-IVB and lunar modules for future archaeologists to explore.
Did Jim Lovell ever walk on the Moon?
Lovell is one of only three men to travel to the Moon twice, but unlike the other two, John Young and Gene Cernan, he never walked on it. He accrued over 715 hours in space flights on his Gemini and Apollo flights, a personal record that stood until the Skylab 3 mission in 1973.
Was the real Jim Lovell in the movie Apollo 13?
The real Jim Lovell appears as captain of the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima; Howard had intended to make him an admiral, but Lovell himself, having retired as a captain, chose to appear in his actual rank.